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our two chief negotiators, rose and ellen are here, and they did a terrific job, and we've had a very positive endorsement of it by former secretaries of state and defense of both parties, the joint chiefs have come out, everybody's come out for it. and, you know, it's a pitical issue. i wish it weren't because most of these treaties, you know, pass 95-0, 90-3. they have huge overwhelming majorities in the senate. but we know that we have, you know, political issues that we have to address which we are and talking to those who have some questions. but i hope at the end of the day the senate will say, you know, some things should just be beyond any kind of election or partisan calculation and that everybody will pull together and we'll get that s.t.a.r.t. treaty done which i know from my own conversations, it'seen as a really important symbol of our commitment to continue working with the russians. >> just one last question, then i'll open it up to our members. you're about, as you said, to head back to the middle east for the resumption of the israeli/palestinian talks. the op-ed page
our two chief negotiators, rose and ellen are here, and they did a terrific job, and we've had a very positive endorsement of it by former secretaries of state and defense of both parties, the joint chiefs have come out, everybody's come out for it. and, you know, it's a pitical issue. i wish it weren't because most of these treaties, you know, pass 95-0, 90-3. they have huge overwhelming majorities in the senate. but we know that we have, you know, political issues that we have to address...
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just a month ago, joel emailed ellen harpen, the founder of the ships project, asking her to send toys to afghani children that could be dropped off during his unit's missioos.%% the ships project sends packkges to service men and women in iraq and afghanistan. the toys had been gathered and she was just waiting to hear back from joel for an address to ship them when he died. she promises to make sure they are all shipped and joel's wishes are honored. the rescue code states, it is m% duty as a pararescueman, to safe life and aid the injuries. i will be prepared at all times to perform my assigned duties quickly, placing these duties before personaa desires and comforts. these things do i that others may live. joel lived and breathed this code.. he knew when he chose his career ttat he would have to make sacrifices. he understood that someday he might lose his life serving %% others. first lieutenant joel accepted this responsibility willingly because he wanted to help. and he leaves behind not only his grieving family, his fellow officers and the people he saved who are still alive be
just a month ago, joel emailed ellen harpen, the founder of the ships project, asking her to send toys to afghani children that could be dropped off during his unit's missioos.%% the ships project sends packkges to service men and women in iraq and afghanistan. the toys had been gathered and she was just waiting to hear back from joel for an address to ship them when he died. she promises to make sure they are all shipped and joel's wishes are honored. the rescue code states, it is m% duty as a...
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but we will need to create new ground rules, including a demand to create local jobs for haitians and ellen building an infrastructure that is crucial to creating -- and include building an infrastructure that is crucial to creating the ability to build back better that strengthens the governance and the economy to provide for the needs of its people, especially the vast majority of haitians who are desperately poor. there is an opportunity to build haiti back better, and to build a more functional and beneficial aid structure. u.s. aid policies have been between embargoes and efforts to bypass governments not to washington's tastes. they could help housing recovery fund. we need to commit funds and disperse them. haiti does not need a pledging session. it needs a bank account to fund its survival and reconstruction. it could be managed with partners such as the u.n., haitian leadership, and would work openly and directly with partners to design and implement a recovery plan coordinated at central and local levels. the effort must include a comprehensive post-disaster need assessment which
but we will need to create new ground rules, including a demand to create local jobs for haitians and ellen building an infrastructure that is crucial to creating -- and include building an infrastructure that is crucial to creating the ability to build back better that strengthens the governance and the economy to provide for the needs of its people, especially the vast majority of haitians who are desperately poor. there is an opportunity to build haiti back better, and to build a more...
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democratic line, ellen no way. good morning. -- illinois. caller: good morning. i want to say that the problem is this deficit and everything that is going on is because poor and middle-class people in this country has gotten less. the problem is, poor and middle- class people are the ones who actually spend the money in all of the stores, the malls, and all of these things that all of these corporations hold. so, you get more money to the poor and middle class, they will spend it. they will not go up to the stock market like the wealthy people. they put their money in the stock market to save wealth. you give more money to the poor and middle class and that will fuel the economy, which will create jobs. host: san diego, jeff on the republican line. caller: good morning. i would say the biggest problem is the people need to wake up and say how are we going to pay for all of this money. host: this legislation was paid fall -- paid for, they found offsets. caller: you know, i listen to this. i was a fannie mae investor and the government said they were adequately c
democratic line, ellen no way. good morning. -- illinois. caller: good morning. i want to say that the problem is this deficit and everything that is going on is because poor and middle-class people in this country has gotten less. the problem is, poor and middle- class people are the ones who actually spend the money in all of the stores, the malls, and all of these things that all of these corporations hold. so, you get more money to the poor and middle class, they will spend it. they will...
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ellen on the independent line. caller: what the gentleman just said. recently in this country we are all aghast at the bullying that goes on in high school that causes people distress to the point they would commit suicide. this is nothing but adults doing the bullying and setting a very bad example and perhaps we should have an amendment regarding ethics. host: phelps speech -- from concord, north carolina, in mailing in -- branch, louisiana. john, republican line. talking about protesting at the military funerals case heard yesterday at the supreme court. tell us your opinion. caller: these people are engaging in acts of extreme provocation. i really, truly believe there is no way in the world that they are doing anything other than that. it is a shame that they can't be kept at a great distance from these people, especially when people have lost loved ones defending this country. it is just a terrible shame. host: let's add this little fact. mr. snyder did not say the protesters during the funeral. he saw a news report about a during the week afterw
ellen on the independent line. caller: what the gentleman just said. recently in this country we are all aghast at the bullying that goes on in high school that causes people distress to the point they would commit suicide. this is nothing but adults doing the bullying and setting a very bad example and perhaps we should have an amendment regarding ethics. host: phelps speech -- from concord, north carolina, in mailing in -- branch, louisiana. john, republican line. talking about protesting at...
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my chief of staff, ellen, the district director met in memphis. brittany johnson, who is the director in the area of health care, the whole office worked on the issue and we brought it as a bill, but we also had it included in the first health care bill that the health care bill that passed this house. and it was featured in the speaker's bullet points about what it could possibly do for infant mortality, for this to be the largest outreach program that the federal government has ever engaged in and this is an authorization to find answers to the problem of infant mortality. of course, because of the situation of politics in the senate, we had to go to a reconciliation, there wasn't a conference committee, and this part of the health care bill wasn't included because the senate didn't have it and reconciliation didn't allow it for proposals like this that didn't add to it or decrease from the budget. this was an authorization, so it didn't make it to the final phase because of what happened in massachusetts. that hurt us in what can be an importan
my chief of staff, ellen, the district director met in memphis. brittany johnson, who is the director in the area of health care, the whole office worked on the issue and we brought it as a bill, but we also had it included in the first health care bill that the health care bill that passed this house. and it was featured in the speaker's bullet points about what it could possibly do for infant mortality, for this to be the largest outreach program that the federal government has ever engaged...
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host: ellen on the republican line. caller: i would like to say something. in 2004, 2003-2004 a member of the kennedy family made a documentary. she's a woman that does documentaries. and in it she has a documentary called imagine the unimaginable. it's really something you should get to see. because it will scare you to death because what it was to show that had those two planes instead of being targets for the twin to youers, had targeted the indian point this whole section of the country would not be able to live in for 90 years, 900 years, whatever. supposedly the dome, it shows, in indian point is supposed to be able to withstand the impact of the jet planes. and the way they showed it, the way they proved this, is they took an army -- an air force jet, which is much smaller than a jumbo jet, took all of the fuel out of it, put it on a tripod and rammed it into a ball and it still penetrated part of the wall. now we have the fay phi with their -- f.a.a. with their redesign in the area are going to be flying about 00 planes every day within five minutes
host: ellen on the republican line. caller: i would like to say something. in 2004, 2003-2004 a member of the kennedy family made a documentary. she's a woman that does documentaries. and in it she has a documentary called imagine the unimaginable. it's really something you should get to see. because it will scare you to death because what it was to show that had those two planes instead of being targets for the twin to youers, had targeted the indian point this whole section of the country...